Byron Dorgan: “Yesterday, there was a hearing in the Congress, on the House side, dealing with someone I have spoken about on the floor…”

“Yesterday, there was a hearing in the Congress, on the House side, dealing with someone I have spoken about on the floor at some length, and I wish to talk about that hearing and what it means. Then, following that, I wish to speak about the bill I introduced yesterday dealing with the price of gas and oil and oil speculation. First, let me talk about the hearing yesterday and what we learned about the Defense Department and the State Department and others dealing with this man. This man's name is Efraim Diveroli. He is 22 years old and the president and chief executive officer of a firm that was awarded $300 million in contracts by our Federal Government. So this is a guy who took over a shell corporation that his dad had, and he was awarded $300 million in Defense Department contracts. He was the president of the company at age 22. He had a vice president, though. It is not as if the company was understaffed. This is a photograph of his 25-year-old vice president, who is a massage therapist--David Packouz. He was called a masseur, or massage therapist. So these two guys ran a company in Florida that had an unmarked office door.”